General
Issues Committee Agenda for March 22, 2011
City of Hamilton
Tuesday, March 22,
2011
9:30 a.m.
Council Chambers
City Hall
71 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
Carolyn Biggs, Co-ordinator
Committee Services/Council/Budgets
(905) 546-2424 ext. 2604
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1. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
CHANGES
TO THE AGENDA
GENERAL
ISSUES COMMITTEE
MARCH 22,
2011
1. PUBLIC
HEARINGS/DELEGATIONS
(i) Belma Diamante, on behalf of the Canadian Ballet Youth
Ensemble, respecting service and costs at Hamilton Place – Postponed to May 9, 2011
2. ADDED
REPORT
(ii) Report
11-001 of the Hamilton Future Fund Board of Governors – March 16, 2011 (Added
as Item 8.4)
3. REVISED
MOTION
(iii) Revised
Motion 9.2 – Increasing Membership on the Non- Union Compensation Sub-Committee
2.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
- APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
3.1 February
14, 2011
3.2 February
24, 2011 (Special)
3.3 February
28, 2011 (Special)
4. DELEGATION REQUESTS
4.1 Request
from Dave Barnett respecting “the apparent lack of progress in moving Hamilton
away from being one of the worst places to raise a child as outlined during my
last presentation”
5. CONSENT ITEMS
5.1 Minutes
of the January 11, 2011 meeting of the Advisory Committee for Persons with
Disabilities (For Information Purposes Only)
5.2 Hamilton Police Service
Monthly Report:
(a) January
17, 2011 (PSB 11-001)
(b) February
22, 2011 (PSB 11-021)
5.3 Report
of the 2010 Remuneration and Expenses as required under Section 284 of the
Municipal Act (FCS11021) (City Wide)
5.4 Waterdown
Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Board of Manage-ment Resignation
(PED11013(a)) (Ward 15)
5.5 King
Street West Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Appointment of the 2011-2014
(PED11036) (Ward 2)
5.6 King
Street West Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) – Proposed Budget and Schedule
of Payment for 2011 (PED11037) (Ward 2)
5.7 Ontario
Realty Corporation (ORC) Surplus Land – Project 8093 – Located at 1831 Rymal
Road East/99 Highland Road West, described as Part of Lots 33 and 34,
Concession 8, Former Township of Saltfleet, now City of Hamilton (PED11039)
(Ward 9)
5.8 Acquisition
of Part of 1389 Wilson Street West, Ancaster, from Her Majesty the Queen in
Right of Ontario, as represented by the Minister of Infrastructure (PED11043)
(Ward 12)
5.9 Hamilton
Downtown Office Tenancy Assistance Program – 1 James Street South – OTAP10/01
(PED11050) (Ward 2)
5.10 Hamilton
Downtown Office Tenancy Assistance Program – 354-368 King Street West –
OTAP10/02 (PED11051) (Ward 1)
5.11 Hamilton
Downtown Property Improvement Grant Program – 130-134 Wellington Street North –
HDPIGP11/01 (PED11054) (Ward 3)
5.12 Declaration
of Surplus and Sale of Part of 306 Woodworth Drive, Ancaster, to Benemar
Construction Inc. (Mark and Robert DeBenedictus) (PED11056) (Ward 12)
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS/DELEGATIONS
6.1 Belma
Diamante, on behalf of the Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble, respecting service
and costs at Hamilton Place (Approved January 10, 2011)
6.2 Deb
Murphy, Glanbrook Wind Action Group, to appear before the Committee to request
a moratorium on the erection of industrial wind turbine farms (Approved
February 14, 2011)
6.3 Gerard
Murphy and Kathy Drewitt, Chairman and Executive Director respectively of the Downtown
Hamilton B.I.A. respecting plans for a pilot project for pedestrianizing the
south leg of King Street and Gore Park this summer (Approved March
3, 2011)
6.4 Jan
Nichols and Beth Ellis, Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice (Requested to appear by the
General Issues Committee)
7.
STAFF PRESENTATIONS
7.1 Tourism
Hamilton 2011-2014 Strategic Plan (PED11048) (City Wide)
7.2 TourismHamilton
2011 Marketing Plan (PED11049) (City Wide)
7.3 Downtown
and Community Renewal Division 2010 Annual Report (PED11060) (Wards 1 to 4, 6
to 9, 11 to 13 and 15)
7.4 2010
Economic Development and Real Estate Highlights (PED11061) (City Wide)
7.5 2010
Annual Performance Measures (PED11038) (City Wide)
7.6 Accessibility
for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Integrated Standard
8.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
8.1 One-time
Grant to the Regeneration Institute for the Great Lakes for the purpose of
Establishing a Storefront Engagement Centre in Downtown Hamilton (PED11059)
(Ward 2)
8.2 Water
and Wastewater Rate Structure Review (FCS11025) (City Wide)
8.3 Advisory
Committee for Persons with Disabilities Report 11-001 – February 8, 2011
9. MOTIONS
9.1 Stormwater
Management Plan
9.2 Increasing
Membership on the Non-Union Compensation Sub-Committee
10.
NOTICES OF MOTION
- GENERAL
INFORMATION/OTHER BUSINESS
11.1 Outstanding Business List
(a)
That the following items be removed
from the Outstanding Business List:
(i)
Moratorium on Nuclear Power Plants
(ii)
City’s Policies respecting contracting
with parties involved in litigation
(iii)
City-wide Peak Oil Study –
Employment Growth District
(iv)
Operational Oversight Committee
(v)
International Year for Culture of
Peace
(vi)
Multi-Stakeholder Fundraising
Strategy for Flood Victims
(vii)
Specific mandate, governance
structure, staffing and financial-legal funding model for a Hamilton Waterfront
Development Corporation
(viii)
Advisory Committee for Persons with
Disabilities Report 09-007
(ix)
Area Rating Citizens Forum
Membership Appoint-ments
(x)
Golden Horseshoe Innovation
Centre: Building an Entrepreneurial Community
(xi)
Conservation Authorities –
Legislation
(xii)
Wireless Cellular Services and
Device Agreements
(xiii)
Greening of municipal parking lots
(b)
That the following items be
included in the 2011 budget deliberations:
(i)
Policy for determining transit
fares through the setting of a revenue/cost ratio for implementation in the
2011 budget deliberations
(ii)
Transit fare increase policy
(iii)
Affordable transit pass pilot
program
(iv)
Theatre Aquarius request for
capital funding
12. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
12.1 Closed Session Minutes – February 14, 2011
12.2 Closed Session Minutes – February 24, 2011
12.3 Land Acquisition – Provincial
Properties bounded by Mary, Rebecca, Wilson and Catharine Streets
(PSB10-039(a)) (City Wide)
12.4 City Manager Performance Review
13.
ADJOURNMENT